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[vada pav]

Just spoke to an IRCC agent

Security is passed. Oct 20 VO Ottawa FSW-O

 

[Lc4life]

Lol thinking of first world countries, have you even been following how the US has been dealing with COVID? They literally put a complete hold on most work and exchange visa processing for a good part of 2020 and they took months to even process OPT applications (some waited 6 months on that without being able to start a job after graduation). They opened the US border to Canadians almost a month after Canada opened it own border to Americans. And I'm not even going to go into how a certain stable genius suggested injecting bleach to cure COVID lol. Every developed country is trying to just look out for themselves during this pandemic without looking at the global situation and that's what's causing more and more variants coming out of developing countries.

Nope don’t exaggerate. OPT took about 4 months max last year. My friends were impacted by this and there was a lawsuit pressing USCIS to approve students applications

 

[Ar12345]

Nope don’t exaggerate. OPT took about 4 months max last year. My friends were impacted by this and there was a lawsuit pressing USCIS to approve students applications

My wife had to wait 5.5 months for her post-completion OPT lol. Even though she was already on a pre-completion OPT at that time. Had to take some time off after graduation and then rejoin the company after it was approved

 

[PRANIT01]

My wife had to wait 5.5 months for her post-completion OPT lol. Even though she was already on a pre-completion OPT at that time. Had to take some time off after graduation and then rejoin the company after it was approved

Opt is messed up I am on opt first hand experience.

 

[calis_s]

Just spoke to an IRCC agent

Security is passed. Oct 20 VO Ottawa FSW-O

What is your COR?

 

[vada pav]

What is your COR?

India

 

[armitabbsn]

Do u guys have any idea if some one is in the pool, can apply for Tourist visa or its highly likely to get rejected?
Btw Im from Iran/ and have been to Canada twice in last 5years but my visitor visa expired

 

[Ar12345]

Do u guys have any idea if some one is in the pool, can apply for Tourist visa or its highly likely to get rejected?
Btw Im from Iran/ and have been to Canada twice in last 5years but my visitor visa expired

You need to show intent to return that's what's important. Maybe a job/school you attend in your home country currently. You're profile is still just in the pool anyway and you have a history of entering and leaving Canada properly. I think you'll be fine. I know people who got to Canada on tourist visas to visit spouse/do job interviews etc while their PR applications were processing

 

[Alysson]

So they finally stopped using Afghanistan as an excuse for their client center, right after they hit their quota?

 

[Glaber]

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So they finally stopped using Afghanistan as an excuse for their client center, right after they hit their quota?

They have omicron as a new excuse. It is boring to use the same excuse for more than 3-4 months. They change it regularly.

 

[Alysson]

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They have omicron as a new excuse. It is boring to use the same excuse for more than 3-4 months. They change it regularly.

Yes, but now they are actually giving info regarding status in client center, right after they met their quota, instead of the usual "afghanistan" excuse. If their plan was to use those resources as well for their stupid magic number, then they should have just said it, instead of making up useless excuses for virtue signaling. They wont ever even meet their 40k quota on afghanistan. Been months and they only did 6k.

 

[EscoBlades]

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They have omicron as a new excuse. It is boring to use the same excuse for more than 3-4 months. They change it regularly.

Omicron is not currently an excuse for the call center. So no.

 

[Lc4life]

My wife had to wait 5.5 months for her post-completion OPT lol. Even though she was already on a pre-completion OPT at that time. Had to take some time off after graduation and then rejoin the company after it was approved

There are always 2% of applications that are super delayed regardless of which country you're applying to...

Take Canada work permit, for example, I had to wait for 7 weeks to get approval, while my friend is still waiting, passed 3 months mark. Both are in GSS category (supposedly done within 2 weeks), and both are LMIA-exempt.

Also, talk about PNP. I'm still waiting for ON nomination since Nov, the supposed processing time was 30 - 60 days...

Don't even get me started...

At least in the US there is a thing called premium-processing, that you can bribe USCIS for faster decision for 2K$ (not for OPT, of course), and there's always a way to try to sue/threaten to sue USCIS for a faster decision... (Don't even bring up mandamus, it doesn't apply here...)

 

[Lc4life]

Netherlands and Germany via their study route. Schools are free so only need to cover your living expenses. If you're not getting a stipend from your supervisor then getting accepted to schools is far easier since your professor won't have to pay you (that's where you use your POF). See the steps below;

For Netherlands:

1. Get accepted to a school (probably a master's degree)
2. Finish it in 1.5 - 2 years
3. Use your prof's or school's network to find a job (all companies speak english, no need for dutch)
4. Work for 5 years
5. Apply for PR

For Germany:

1. Same as above
2. Same as above
3. Same as above
4. Learn B1 German: https://blog.lingoda.com/en/language-requirements-for-permanent-residency-in-germany/#:~:text=In short, the level of,foreign languages in European countries. In short, the level of German needed for permanent residency in Germany is B1, which is equivalent with being an intermediate learner. And work for 5 years.
5. Apply for PR

These are off the top of my head. Do you own research for other countries like Sweden, Finland etc. They have some pathways too. I remember that Switzerland is ridiculous like you need to work for 12 years that's just insane.

Pro tip: Be smart and try to find an industrial master's program for Step 3. That way you're literally working at a company while doing your research there = insta job offer after graduating.

Pro tip 2: Don't read the posts of clueless idiots who are blind to all these options around the world. They only (barely) know Canada. That's why they keep attacking me.

Pro tip 3: You can literally skip steps 1,2,3 if you apply to jobs on LinkedIn and get lucky enough to land a job in these countries. Quite a few of my friends have done it and I'm going for it too. If I can't land an offer I'll just use my POF and buy a degree then PR.

Note: It should be obvious but these EU study pathways only compare to Canada's study pathways. They're obviously not as fast or easy as FSW. If FSW dies in 2022, you're not limited to PGWP>CEC as you see. EU study pathways are far cheaper and more profitable than Canada's.

QQs: Kangaroo if you’re in EU and they ask you to provide an updated POF what do u do? At that point your POF is already invested

 

[seadrag0n]

There are always 2% of applications that are super delayed regardless of which country you're applying to...

Take Canada work permit, for example, I had to wait for 7 weeks to get approval, while my friend is still waiting, passed 3 months mark. Both are in GSS category (supposedly done within 2 weeks), and both are LMIA-exempt.

Also, talk about PNP. I'm still waiting for ON nomination since Nov, the supposed processing time was 30 - 60 days...

Don't even get me started...

At least in the US there is a thing called premium-processing, that you can bribe USCIS for faster decision for 2K$ (not for OPT, of course), and there's always a way to try to sue/threaten to sue USCIS for a faster decision... (Don't even bring up mandamus, it doesn't apply here...)

Older applications are mostly delayed and newer applications are processed faster in Canada.